Neither Men nor Gods but Something Closer to the Former

 Sierra Faust and Benjamin Havey

Feb. 6^th – Mar. 14^th

^{Opening Reception, Thursday Feb. 6th 5-7pm}

Piano Recital at 6PM featuring compositions by Saariaho, Kim, and Murail

The UMKC Gallery of Art is please to present, Neither Men nor Gods but Something Closer to the Former an interdisciplinary & collaborative performance and exhibition by artist Sierra Faust and pianist Benjamin Havey. This exhibition is part of the NEXUS Integrated Arts Series. Both will produce work from a common source text, Hesiod’s Works and Days, which serves as a conceptual guide for the form and content of the exhibition. Works and Days is a didactic poem in which the speaker addresses his younger brother, admonishing him to commit to a life of dedicated agricultural labor which will place him in good moral standing. Hesiod views this commitment to work as the path towards righteousness. The exhibition addresses the idea of repetitive commitment to labor through the two artistic practices and processes, drawing and piano playing.